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Topic: heater core replacement help
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nwander
Journeyman Posts: 12
From: ames ia
Registered: Mar 2004
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posted 06-12-2005 03:14 PM
 
i have an 88 turbo coupe and need to replace the heater core. has any one done this and could anyone offer me any help or ideas as to where it is located and what is the best way to get to it. also is it worth it for me to do it or pay for the five hours of labor the dealer is gogin to charge me.
any help would be great.thank you
nicholas
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trashline
Gearhead Posts: 2230
From: Levittown, Pa
Registered: Dec 2003
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posted 06-17-2005 08:56 PM
dude are you crazy do it yourself check this out also two sites about turbo coupes i have found are:
turbotbird.com and turboford.org hit them up plenty of infothis is the page on how to replace without pulling the entire dash:
http://www.turbotbird.com/techinfo/Heater_Core/heater_core_replacement.htm ------------------
88 thunderbird TC 2.3L
66 mustang 200ci 3 speed
68 Fairlane 289 w/ auto
79 f150 300 3 onda tree
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JoeCool
Journeyman Posts: 4
From: West Covina, CA - USA
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted 07-14-2005 03:12 PM
It's not a hard job, just tedious and time consuming if you want to do it right. I've heard of guys doing it in four hours or less, but only after they have one or two replacements under their belt. I did mine and took two days for dismantling (being VERY careful), five days waiting for a new connector to arrive that I managed to break, and a day-and-a-half for reassembly. There's a really good writeup at the CoolCats site.IMHO crazy is paying someone $700 - $1200 to do it for you! HTH. ------------------
JR's Place - My '87 Thunderbird Turbocoupe
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trashline
Gearhead Posts: 2230
From: Levittown, Pa
Registered: Dec 2003
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posted 07-17-2005 06:23 AM
quote:
Originally posted by JoeCool:
It's not a hard job, just tedious and time consuming if you want to do it right. I've heard of guys doing it in four hours or less, but only after they have one or two replacements under their belt. I did mine and took two days for dismantling (being VERY careful), five days waiting for a new connector to arrive that I managed to break, and a day-and-a-half for reassembly. There's a really good writeup at the CoolCats site.IMHO crazy is paying someone $700 - $1200 to do it for you! HTH.
Hey i know you... how did you hear about M & M?
oh and by the way welcome. ------------------
88 thunderbird TC 2.3L
66 mustang 200ci 3 speed
68 Fairlane 289 w/ auto
79 f150 300 3 onda tree [This message has been edited by trashline (edited 07-17-2005).]
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JoeCool
Journeyman Posts: 4
From: West Covina, CA - USA
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted 07-18-2005 04:35 PM
Found it doing a google search for something car related - I forget what. Howdy! Con't get away from me, can you?  ------------------
JR's Aerie - Our 3 TC's
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